Proverbs 6
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Ọmọ mi, bí ìwọ bá ṣe onídùúró fún aládùúgbò rẹ, bí ìwọ bá jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ fún àjèjì ènìyàn,
2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
bí a bá ti fi ọ̀rọ̀ tí ó sọ dẹkùn mú ọ, tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ ti kó ọ sí pàkúté.
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Nígbà náà, ṣe èyí, ìwọ ọmọ mi, láti gba ara rẹ níwọ̀n bí o ti kó ṣọ́wọ́ aládùúgbò rẹ: lọ kí o sì rẹ ara rẹ sílẹ̀; bẹ aládùúgbò rẹ dáradára.
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Má ṣe jẹ́ kí oorun kí ó kùn ọ́, tàbí kí o tilẹ̀ tòògbé rárá.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Gba ara rẹ sílẹ̀, bí abo èsúró kúrò lọ́wọ́ ọdẹ, bí ẹyẹ kúrò nínú okùn àwọn pẹyẹpẹyẹ.
6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Tọ èèrà lọ, ìwọ ọ̀lẹ; kíyèsi ìṣe rẹ̀, kí o sì gbọ́n!
7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
Kò ní olùdarí, kò sí alábojútó tàbí ọba,
8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
síbẹ̀, a kó ìpèsè rẹ̀ jọ ní àsìkò òjò yóò sì kó oúnjẹ rẹ̀ jọ ní àsìkò ìkórè.
9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ìwọ yóò dùbúlẹ̀, ìwọ ọ̀lẹ? Nígbà wo ni ìwọ yóò jí kúrò lójú oorun rẹ?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Oorun díẹ̀, òògbé díẹ̀, ìkáwọ́gbera láti sinmi díẹ̀.
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Òsì yóò sì wá sórí rẹ bí ìgárá ọlọ́ṣà àti àìní bí adigunjalè.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Ènìyànkénìyàn àti ènìyàn búburú, tí ń ru ẹnu àrékérekè káàkiri,
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
tí ó ń ṣẹ́jú pàkòpàkò, ó ń fi ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀ ó sì ń fi ìka ọwọ́ rẹ̀ júwe,
14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
tí ó ń pète búburú pẹ̀lú ẹ̀tàn nínú ọkàn rẹ̀ ìgbà gbogbo ni ó máa ń dá ìjà sílẹ̀.
15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
Nítorí náà ìdààmú yóò dé bá a ní ìṣẹ́jú akàn; yóò parun lójijì láìsí àtúnṣe.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
Àwọn ohun mẹ́fà wà tí Olúwa kórìíra, ohun méje ní ó jẹ́ ìríra sí i,
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Ojú ìgbéraga, ahọ́n tó ń parọ́ ọwọ́ tí ń ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
ọkàn tí ń pète ohun búburú, ẹsẹ̀ tí ó yára láti sáré sínú ìwà ìkà,
19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
ajẹ́rìí èké tí ń tú irọ́ jáde lẹ́nu àti ènìyàn tí ń dá ìjà sílẹ̀ láàrín àwọn ọmọ ìyá kan.
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Ọmọ mi, pa àṣẹ baba rẹ mọ́ má sì ṣe kọ ẹ̀kọ́ ìyá rẹ sílẹ̀.
21 Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Jẹ́ kí wọn wà nínú ọkàn rẹ láéláé so wọ́n mọ́ ọrùn rẹ.
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Nígbà tí ìwọ bá ń rìn, wọn yóò ṣe amọ̀nà rẹ; nígbà tí ìwọ bá sùn, wọn yóò máa ṣe olùṣọ́ rẹ; nígbà tí o bá jí, wọn yóò bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀.
23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Nítorí àwọn àṣẹ yìí jẹ́ fìtílà, ẹ̀kọ́ yìí jẹ́ ìmọ́lẹ̀, àti ìtọ́nisọ́nà ti ìbáwí ni ọ̀nà sí ìyè.
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Yóò pa ọ́ mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ obìnrin búburú, kúrò lọ́wọ́ ẹnu dídùn obìnrin àjèjì.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Má ṣe ṣe ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ si nínú ọkàn rẹ nítorí ẹwà rẹ tàbí kí o jẹ́ kí ó fi ojú rẹ̀ fà ọ́ mọ́ra.
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Nítorí pé nípasẹ̀ àgbèrè obìnrin ni ènìyàn fi ń di oníṣù-àkàrà kan, ṣùgbọ́n àyà ènìyàn a máa wá ìyè rẹ̀ dáradára.
27 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin ha le è gbé iná lé orí itan kí aṣọ rẹ̀ má sì jóná?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
Ǹjẹ́ ènìyàn le è máa rìn lórí iná? Kí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ sì má jóná?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí ń lọ sùn pẹ̀lú aya aláya; kò sí ẹni tí ó fọwọ́ kàn án tí yóò lọ láìjìyà.
30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Àwọn ènìyàn kì í kẹ́gàn olè tí ó bá jalè nítorí àti jẹun nígbà tí ebi bá ń pa á.
31 Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
Síbẹ̀ bí ọwọ́ bá tẹ̀ ẹ́, ó gbọdọ̀ san ìlọ́po méje bí ó tilẹ̀ kó gbogbo ohun tó ní nílé tà.
32 He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ń ṣe àgbèrè kò nírònú; ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ó ń pa ara rẹ̀ run ni.
33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Ìfarapa àti ìtìjú ni tirẹ̀, ẹ̀gàn rẹ̀ kì yóò sì kúrò láéláé.
34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Nítorí owú yóò ru ìbínú ọkọ sókè, kì yóò sì ṣàánú nígbà tí ó bá ń gbẹ̀san.
35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Kò nígbà nǹkan kan bí ohun ìtánràn; yóò kọ àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, bí ó ti wù kí ó pọ̀ tó.
